Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-07
THREE OF THEM.
olncer 5reen Arrests Perpetrators Of
"assaiboro and skowhegan Burglaries.

Upon the arrival of the pullman. going
~eS'' officer Breen, who patrols Water street.
was called to the station by Conductor Jud-
kihs 70 arrest three boys who had passed him
uhstamped tickets from yassalboro To Bos.
oh- The officer responded quickly and was
soon marching them to the police station.
"hen they were brought into the light of the
station 1T was evident that thew were vounu in
years If not in crime. Journal man ham
pehed In and engaged them in eonversa-
"oh- lhey gave the names of George
Monroe aged 10, Winfield Hiatt aged II.
arthur bennett, aged II. All were small for
Their age. They claimed Boston as their
home. Monroe said his father. Geo. Mon
roe was tinsmith and lived on North Green
st, Boston Highlands Hiatt said he lived
at - Roxbury St, and that his father. Hem
ry Hiatt, was an engineer Arthur Dennet
Chained Harry bennett as his father, whom
ne SAID lived at SO Appleton ST. They claim
10 have left Boston last Thursday on the
steamer fremont for Portland whence they
Monroe said that they were going to Moose
head lake to see the guides and sell their
goods, but that owing to the lack of funds
they were Obliged to leave the cars Saturday
night at this station and walk on to Water
vile. He said they stopped Sunday after
noon at Winslow with a man named
johnson and becoming discouraged
turned about for home having
exchanged some of the goods for the tickets
These tickets are identified by the numbers BY
oh. Graves, depot master at Vassalboro as the
tickets stolen from his office last night. being
numbers 80, 40, Al. He also identified young
Hiatt as former attendant at the Vassal-
boro school and thought that familiarity
with the station was evidenced by the burglars
in the manner of effecting an entrance, which
was done by pushing aside spring and lift
ing the window. If guilty of no other crime,
the burglary of Vassalboro depot is fixed
against them. But the goods which they
had to dispose of to the guides of Moosehead
lake were of queer sort. In the satchel
were six dozen jack-knives of various sizes
and patterns ten or fifteen reyolyers, one half
dozen silver spoons and some cartridges
Several of the reyolvers were loaded. There
was also PLAGUE, plush framed.
1t will be remembered that just such lot
of articles were stolen from store in Skow-
hogan and this fact seems to throw strong
suspicion upon these boys. They were asked
to explain this circumstance, and in telling
their story over again contradicted in several
important points the first story They how
euer emphaticaly declared that they had not
been in Skowhegan, and Hiatt claimed that
until last Thursday he was at work in drug
store, at Boston Highlands, owned by Warren
K Co., by whom he could prove his state
ments. He said they bought the goods" of
n runner in Boston, paying therefor SIP.
The value of the contents of the satchel may
be placed at five times that figure.
They are evidently hard set, and when
they found themselves making their case
rather bad by talking, they refused to say
anything more.
4 look mt the contents of their pockets,
which the officers had spread out on the ia
bic convinced the journal man that even if
they were cleared of the two charges made
against them, the reform school would be a
good place for them. They will be held for
the authorities.